Politics

Rights Monitors Raise Concerns Over Detention of Cambodian Youth Activists

Rights groups have slammed the arrests and called for the youth activists to be released.

Resolution of Wartime Debt Remains Challenge, Potential Key to Improving US-Cambodia Ties, Analysts Say

In the early 1970s, the U.S. lent around $270 million to the Lon Nol-led government, which deposed late King Norodom Sihanouk, to purchase food and agricultural commodities.

U.S.-Cambodia Commemorate 70 Years of Diplomatic Ties

Cambodia’s Plan to Establish Internet Gateway Raises Concerns

Further, the document states that the purpose was to enhance “national revenue collection”, to “protect national security” and to assure “social order,” terms often used in other vaguely-defined legislation.

U.S. Pushes Diplomatic Ties to Reset Cambodia Relationship

In the first seven months of 2020, the U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh has organized many events and activities to mark 70 years since the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Vietnamese Fishing Boats “Intrude” Cambodian Waters: Chinese Think Tank

A Beijing-based think tank released a report in early August to show that a few hundred Vietnamese fishing boats had entered Cambodia-controlled maritime areas in the Gulf of Thailand since June.

Interior Ministry Probing Sexual Misconduct Accusations Against Provincial Police Chief

The four officers wrote a letter addressed to Interior Minister Sar Kheng on July 30 accusing Ouk Kosal of physical assaulting them. The assault accusations include inappropriate touching and non-penetrative sex acts. 

Women, Activists Decry Decency Clauses in Draft Public Order Law

The draft has elicited a strong reaction from Cambodian women and rights activists, who have criticized the government’s attempts to define decency and morality, as well as the policing of women’s freedoms.

Popular Unionist’s Arrest Over Border Comments Sparks Protests

While officials have not been clear over the evidence used against Rong Chhun, they are likely linked to his recent comments and statements over alleged irregularities in border demarcation along the Cambodian border with Vietnam.

Cambodian Union Leader Arrested for 'Incitement'

n July Rong Chhun accused the government of "irregularities" at Cambodia's eastern border, which, according to him, caused locals to lose farmland.

Regional Realignment to Complicate Cambodia-Vietnam Relations: Analysts

Experts and analysts told VOA Khmer that the new power dynamics have caused a strain in Cambodia’s relationship with Vietnam, which helped overthrew the Khmer Rouge in 1979 and install the current ruling elites.